Monthly Archives: August 2008

Electric Cooperatives and Equity

Aug 5th – 2pm

I find that most people in the Philippines have a fairly myopic view of the potential for ECs. A view that’s not totally unjustified.
But Glenn English, the CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) in the U.S., made some very interesting revelations about ECs there recently.
First, in a press release, he reminds us [...]

By Nick Nichols | Posted in philippines | Comments

Reducing Power Rates – The U.P. Study

Aug 5th – 11am

A research team from the faculty of the College of Engineering of the University of the Philippines took center stage yesterday in presenting, to an invited audience, the preliminary results of a 1+ year long study to analyze the structure of electric power rates. The work is being funded by an Open Grant for research [...]

By Nick Nichols | Posted in philippines | Comments